What I was trying to convey there was the kind of waste land that was left after the war. It was a bit like one always thinks of war, you know, stark scenery and no birds, no trees, no leaves, nothing living. And just emptiness. (Quote by - George Martin)

Looking in the mirror to check if my tie is straight is a waste of my time. I only look in the mirror once a day, and that's in the morning when I shave. (Quote by - Lennart Meri)

The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed. (Quote by - Nicolas Chamfort)

Criticising the other fellow because he's in and you are not seems to me a futile waste of time. (Quote by - Hartley William Shawcross)

Most human beings today waste some 25 to 30 years of their lives before they break through the actual and conventional lies which surround them. (Quote by - Isadora Duncan)

Don't waste time trying to break a man's heart; be satisfied if you can just manage to chip it in a brand new place. (Quote by - Helen Rowland)

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting. (Quote by - Charles Bukowski)

Yes I never go to the gym otherwise because I think it's a waste of time and the most boring thing on earth. (Quote by - Izabella Scorupco)

People who don't know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it. (Quote by - Henrik Ibsen)

Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy. (Quote by - Henri de Lubac)

Every day you spend drifting away from your goals is a waste not only of that day, but also of the additional day it takes to regain lost ground. (Quote by - Ralph Marston)

The word which gives the key to the national vice is waste. And people who are wasteful are not wise, neither can they remain young and vigorous. In order to transmute energy to higher and more subtle levels one must first conserve it. (Quote by - Henry Miller)

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do. (Quote by - Thomas Sowell)

If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library. (Quote by - Tony Benn)

Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to it. (Quote by - Samuel Butler)

Marriage is the waste-paper basket of the emotions. (Quote by - Sidney Webb)

Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve. (Quote by - Wangari Maathai)

Congress must make it clear that common animal waste will not expose farmers to liability under Superfund, while ensuring continued action to clean up legitimate hazardous waste sites around the nation. (Quote by - Ike Skelton)

I ask you: turn a deaf ear to the special interests. Let politics stand down for a while. don't waste anytime thinking about future elections until we've done our jobs here. (Quote by - Bob Riley)

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time. (Quote by - Norman Cousins)

Of all the wastes of human ignorance perhaps the most extravagant and costly to human growth has been the waste of the distinctive powers of womanhood after the child-bearing age. (Quote by - Anna Garlin Spencer)

Life too is precious to waste - to spend on anything but the best. (Quote by - Dexter Scott King)

We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency. (Quote by - Eamon de Valera)

Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it. (Quote by - Laura Ingalls Wilder)

Geez, all that money we waste on space exploration; just think how many bombs that would buy! (Quote by - Craig Bruce)